Wrapping AFI Fest.

"'What a week this has been,' AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival Artistic Director Rose Kuo said as the introduced Sunday's festival awards presentation at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood," reports Peter Knegt for indieWIRE. "'Just over a week ago, we didn't know what [AFI's] opening film would be, or who would be leading this country.' But without a doubt (and with Doubt), AFI Fest, and the American people, have come to a decision. And regarding AFI Fest's 2008 awards, that decision fell on to Frederico Veiroj's Acne, which won the Grand Jury Prize for narrative feature, and Kief Davidson's Kissim The Dream, which won both the Grand Jury Prize for documentary, and tied for the documentary Audience Award."

On Friday, he spoke with Anthony Fabian about Skin and with Mo Perkins about A Quiet Little Marriage.

The LA Weekly's guide to the final weekend is still an interesting browse, and it begins with Afterschool; Anthony Kaufman profiles director Antonio Campos.

"Finally, Lillian and Dan gives the impression of having been made in a vacuum, conceived without influence and then delivered, squinting, into the fluorescent world around it," writes Lena Dunham at Hammer to Nail. "Naked and trembling, it was then subject to placement in any number of cinematic subcultures. But to regard this film (as I suspect some might be inclined to do) as just another DIY flick about awkward post-grad love would be to completely miss its brutal and complicated charm."

Doug Cummings presents "a list of some of the films that will have upcoming screenings or distribution in Los Angeles."

Posted by dwhudson at November 10, 2008 3:05 AM